Kasagi-class cruiser
Kasagi at Kobe, 1898
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| Class overview | |
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| Name: | Kasagi class |
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 Imperial Japanese Navy
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| In commission: | 1897–1927 |
| Completed: | 2 |
| Lost: | 1 |
| Retired: | 1 |
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| Type: | Protected cruiser |
| Displacement: | 4,979 t (4,900 long tons) |
| Length: | 114.1 m (374 ft 4 in) w/l |
| Beam: | 14.9 m (48 ft 11 in) |
| Draft: | 5.41 m (17 ft 9 in) |
| Installed power: | 11,600 kW (15,600 hp) |
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| Speed: | 22.5 kn (41.7 km/h; 25.9 mph) |
| Range: | 4,000 nmi (7,400 km; 4,600 mi) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Complement: | 405 |
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The Kasagi-class cruiser (笠置型巡洋艦 Kasagi-gata jun'yōkan?) was a class of two protected cruisers of the Imperial Japanese Navy built in the United States at the end of the 19th century.
The Kasagi-class cruisers were ordered under the 1896 Emergency Fleet Replenishment Budget, funded by the war indemnity received from the Empire of China as part of the settlement of the Treaty of Shimonoseki ending the First Sino-Japanese War. Unlike previous vessels, which had been acquired from European shipyards, the Japanese government turned this time to the United States.
The Kasagi-class cruisers were externally based on the design of the British built cruiser Takasago – a typical Elswick cruiser design, with a steel hull, divided into waterproof compartments, a low forecastle, two smokestacks, and two masts, but with slightly larger displacement and overall dimensions. However, internally the arrangement of the structure was quite different. The prow was reinforced for ramming. The power plant was a triple expansion reciprocating steam engine with four cylindrical boilers, driving two screws. Armament consisted of two 20.3 cm/45 Type 41 naval guns in the main battery and ten QF 4.7-inch guns and twelve QF 12-pounder 12 cwt naval guns mounted on the sides. In addition, each ship was equipped with six QF 3-pounder Hotchkiss guns and four 356 mm (14.0 in) torpedo tubes.
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